We'll save bits of time here and there, add it up, and we will finally get to everything we want to do. But after studying how successful people spend their time and looking at their schedules (时刻表), I think this idea has it completely backward. We don't build the lives we want by saving time. We build the lives we want, and then time saves itself.

I recently did a time diary project looking at 1,001 days in the lives of unusually busy women. They had demanding (要求高的,费力的) jobs, sometimes their own businesses, kids to care for, maybe parents to care for.

One of the women whose time log I studied goes out on a Wednesday night. She comes home to find that her water heater has broken, and there is now water all over her rooms. If you've ever had anything like this happen to you, you know how frightening it is. So she's dealing with the mess that night, and the next day she's got plumbers (水管工) coming in. The day after that, a cleaning worker comes to repair the floor. It takes seven hours of her week. Seven hours. That's like finding an extra hour in the day.

But I'm sure if you had asked her at the start of the week, "Could you find seven hours to go to the gym?" I'm sure she would've said, "No! Can't you see how busy I am?" Yet when she had to find seven hours because there is water all over her rooms, she found seven hours. And what this shows us is that time is highly changeable. We cannot make more time, but time will reach for what we choose to put into it.

Small moments can have great power. You can use your bits of time for bits of joy. Maybe it's choosing to read something wonderful on the bus on the way to work. I know when I had a job that required two bus rides every morning, I used to go to the library on weekends to get books to read. It made the whole experience almost enjoyable.

It's about looking at the whole of one's time and seeing where important things can go. I truly believe this. There is time. Even if we are busy, we have time for what matters. And when we focus on what matters, we can build the lives we want in the time we've got.

1.What do we know about the women in the speaker's project?

A.They had a busy work schedule. B.They were single business women.

C.They followed their schedule strictly. D.They had to look after both their kids and parents.

2.What does the woman do when she finds her home a mess?

A.She is too worried to do anything. B.She deals with it in an orderly way.

C.She fixes the broken water heater by herself. D.She spends seven hours thinking of what to do next.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.It is important to set and achieve life goals. B.The key to success is to make full use of time.

C.Time saves itself when we focus on what matters. D.It's unwise to make your work schedule too busy.

“May we all be blessed with longevity. Though miles apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together(但愿人长久,千里共婵娟) wrote Su Shi, a writer during the Song Dynasty, in his famous poem (诗歌) to his younger brother Su Zhe.

The moon is large and full on the 15 th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar(阴历). ①人们在这一天庆祝中秋节。People from across the world know it.

Long long ago, that day was a harvest(丰收) festival because people harvested crops (庄稼) during that time in China. ② It was a time to relax and enjoy different kinds of delicious foods.

Just like Thanksgiving in America, ③ almost every family try to get together for the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. Usually, no matter how far away or how busy you are, people will come back home for the celebration.

The Mid- Autumn Festival also has its own special food. People eat moon cakes with fillings such as sugar and eggs, 月饼看起来像满月。 The full moon and moon cakes mean family getting together.

With the beautiful moon up in the sky, people sit together, enjoy the full moon, eat moon cakes and fruit, and share the stories. ⑤ At the same time, they show the best wishes for people who they love.

1.①______________________________________________

2.②______________________________________________

3.③______________________________________________

4.④_______________________________________________

5.⑤_______________________________________________

One day, an old carpenter(木匠) was ready to leave. He told his boss about his plans to live a more _________ life. He would miss the salary (薪水), but he needed to rest from work.

The boss was sorry to see his worker go and asked if he could build just one more _________ .The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his _________ was not in his work at all. He did his work in a careless way. It was a bad way to _________ his lifelong work. When the carpenter finished his work, the boss handed the front-door key to him. “This is _________ house,” he said, “my gift to you.”

What a _________ ! If he knew that he would build his own house, he would do it _________ . Now he had to live in a poorly-built home. This wasn’t what he thought before.

It’s the same for all of us, too. We live our lives in a distracted(不经心的) way, keeping alive(活着) but not living. At important times, we do not put our _________ into what we do. Then we look at the house we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built for ourselves. If we knew what was happening earlier, we would do things in a different way.

Think of yourself as the _________ . Think about your house. Each day, you do some little things for your house. Build it __________ . It is the only life you will ever have. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day needs to be gracious(优雅的) and with dignity (尊严).

1.A.hard-working B.difficult C.relaxing

2.A.house B.boat C.room

3.A.head B.body C.heart

4.A.end B.start C.find

5.A.my B.our C.your

6.A.surprise B.wish C.talent

7.A.differently B.quickly C.comfortably

8.A.worst B.best C.least

9.A.boss B.writer C.carpenter

10.A.cheaply B.wisely C.slowly

During my travels through the mountains of Greece I was only ever scared once, it was dusk and as I walked. I came across six large wolves that were feeding on the body of a dead animal. I had heard many stories about wolves as a child and it was this animal that I feared more than any other. The wolves before me were huge, at least 6 feet long and covered with thick grey fur.

As I went near, the wolves left the blood-covered snow that surrounded the body and started walking towards me, one after another. They stopped about 20 meters from me and stared. The lead wolf raised his head into the air and took in a deep breath, as if he was smelling me. The animals looked both beautiful and frightening, but I knew I couldn't show them my fear. As I drew nearer, the lead wolf raised his head once more but this time let out a long, loud cry. The awful cry rang out across the silent valley. I had never heard a more frightening sound. I was almost certain it was a sign to be death.

Every moment I expected to see the pack of wolves’ dash at me. I knew my only hope was to pretend I had no fear. I walked past the line of wolves, like a general moving among his soldiers. They cried out loud again. But when they saw that their cry did not cause me to change my direction or make me run they feared to come after me, so they let me pass and returned to the dead animal.

If I had turned back or tried to run away when they marched out to meet me, I am certain the whole pack would have attacked me in a moment. But my show of false courage intimidated them and kept them back.

1.Why didn't the wolves attack the man?

A.They were no longer hungry when they saw him.

B.The man was already known to the wolves.

C.They were too far away to catch the man.

D.The man showed no fear as he passed by.

2.The underlined word 'intimidated' means .

A.encouraged B.scared C.doubted D.hurt

3.What is the author's purpose in writing this story?

A.To show that mountains can be dangerous places.

B.To discuss the habits of mountain wolves.

C.To stress the need for courage when in danger.

D.To make people aware of the danger of wolves.

4.Which of these is right according to the passage?

A.The wolves were friendly to the writer.

B.The writer knew wolves were dangerous in childhood.

C.The lead wolf asked the other wolves to stand in line.

D.The writer wasn't afraid of the wolves at all.

5.The best title of the passage could be .

A.In Face of Fear B.My Trip to Greece

C.My Mountain Travels D.A Man without Fear

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